The length of the event is a reference to a letter written by Dan A. Turner, whose son Brock Turner, a former Stanford University swimmer, was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault earlier this year.

"His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve," his father wrote in a letter. "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."

According to the Facebook event, the students want to take their own 20 minutes of action "against the ever-growing sexual violence culture that has invaded our country, our cities and our campuses."

The sit-in begins at 11:40 a.m. near the fountains outside the University Memorial Center.

According to the event page, information and resources will be available before and after the event.

The Turner case sparked national outrage after a judge sentenced him to six months in jail and three years of probation for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in January 2015. Turner was released from jail after three months on Sept. 2.

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